News for Oct. 07, 2005
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Landing a blockbuster is every actor's dream. Especially when an actor hasn't established himself as a marquee movie star. But like many things in Hollywood, one person's opportunity is another's downfall. Take the stars of the Oscar-winning global blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," several of whom boast new fall movies.
Viggo Mortensen (
Aragorn) is earning critical raves for his role as a family man with a violent past in David Cronenberg's smart-house draw, "A History of Violence."
Elijah Wood (
Frodo) embraces his quirky side in Liev Schreiber's Ukrainian odyssey, "Everything Is Illuminated."
Orlando Bloom (
Legolas) goes mainstream as Kirsten Dunst's love interest in Cameron Crowe's darkly romantic comedy "
Elizabethtown," which opens October 14. And
Andy Serkis (
Gollum) squeezes back into his white-dotted blue body suit in order to perform the title role in
Peter Jackson's remake of "King Kong," which hits screens worldwide December 14. [
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